1. Becky Chambers was born on May 3,1985 and is an American science fiction writer.
11 Facts About Becky Chambers
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Becky Chambers is known for her innovative worldbuilding and character-driven stories, and is a pioneer of the hopepunk genre.
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Becky Chambers' family included several people with an interest in various NASA space exploration efforts.
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Becky Chambers's parents are an astrobiology educator and a satellite engineer.
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Becky Chambers became fascinated with space and its exploration at an early age.
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Becky Chambers moved to San Francisco to study theater arts at the University of San Francisco.
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Becky Chambers worked in theater management and as a freelance writer before self-publishing her first novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, in 2014, after successfully raising funds on Kickstarter.
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Becky Chambers has announced that the Wayfarers series has concluded.
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Becky Chambers published a novella, To Be Taught, If Fortunate, in August 2019, with a story that was not connected to the Wayfarers books.
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Becky Chambers has been lauded for the strong world-building in the series, including multiple unique alien races.
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Becky Chambers's work has been alternately criticized and praised for the deliberate, character-driven pacing and lack of the propulsive plots typical of other space opera novels.